( 2026:JHHC:18531 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3359 of 2026 Shekh Shamim, aged about 60 years, son of Sheikh Dil Mohamad, resident of village-Amjhar, P.O. and P.S. Baliapur, District-Dhanbad, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Zaid Imam, Advocate : Mr. Biplav Bhuiyan, Advocate : Mr. Md. Saddam Ansari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kr. Pathak, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. M.B. Lal, Advocate 02/ 24.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the informant. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Baliapur P.S. Case No.61 of 2026, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner happens to be father-in-law of the deceased and he is aged about 60 years suffering from paralysis and to buttress this argument he refers to annexure- 2 which is medical prescription of Dr. Uma Shankar. He next submits that cousin brother of the husband of the deceased has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3215 of 2026. He further submits that deceased has committed suicide and it has come in the postmortem report that it has occurred due to asphyxia due to hanging. He then submits that husband of the deceased is already in custody. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State and Informant jointly opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of torture and assault and in view of that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:18531 ) 5. Considering that the petitioner happens to be the father-in-law of the deceased, the cousin brother of husband of the deceased has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A, the husband of the ceased is already in custody and in the FIR the allegations are there against the husband of the deceased of demand of dowry and car and the death is said to be due to asphyxia due to hanging. In the attending facts and circumstances of this case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad in connection with Baliapur P.S. Case No.61 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.24.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-